Travel
Real trip costs, itineraries and honest verdicts. What every trip actually ran, and what I would skip next time.
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Cheap girl getaways, honestly: what four real trips actually cost me
I once listed ten cheap girls trips I had never been on. Here are four I actually took, with the real numbers: $137 a head in…
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Paris in June for Fête de la Musique: what it cost and what I’d skip
Five days in Paris over Fête de la Musique weekend for about $5,000 all in. The hotel maths, the heat, the vintage shopping truth, and why…
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Three days in Napa without a single winery: what it cost and what I’d skip
Three days at Alila Napa Valley, about $7,000 all in for two, and not one tasting room. What was worth the money, what was not, and…
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Four of us, four days in Chicago, and a $546 hotel bill
Four sisters, four days, the Fairmont covered by Amex points and $546 left on the bill. What cheap travel actually looks like when you do the…
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Two weeks in China: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou (take the risk)
Two weeks, four cities, product samples and a speakeasy night in Shanghai. What it cost, the apps that saved us money and first-timer tips for China.